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Patented Aug. 23, I898. C. BALTRUWEIT.

COMBINED WAGON, SLEIGH, AND BOAT.

(Application filed Apr. 6, 189B.)

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A TTORNE No. 609,649. Patented Aug. 23, I898.

- C. BALTRUWEIT.

COMBENED WAGON,SLEIGH, AND BOAT.

(Application filed Apr. 8, 1898.)

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UNITED STAT S PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES BALTRUWVEIT, OF NEWV YORK, N. Y.

COMBINED wAeoN, SLEIGH, AND BOAT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 609,649, dated August 23, 1898.

Application filed April 8, 1898. Serial No. 676,884. (No model.)

To all whom, it may conccrn- Beit known that I, CHARLES BALTRUWEIT, of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the county and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Oombined Wagon, Sleigh, and Boat, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of the invention is to provide a new andimproved vehicle,combiningaWagon, a sleigh, and a boat, and arranged to permit of conveniently and rapidly changing the vehicle from one form to the other, according to the condition of the route to be traveled, the vehicle being more especially designed for the use of hunters fishermen, miners, and for other purposes.

The invention consists of novel features and parts and combinations of the same, as will be described hereinafter and then pointed out in the claims.

Reference isto be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the improve- Fig. 2is an enlarged transverse section of the same on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a similarview of the same on the line 3 8 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a longitudinal sectional elevation of the improvement arranged as a boat. Fig. 5 is a plan view of the same. Fig. Sis an enlarged plan View of the sectional propeller-wheel. Fig. 7 is a transverse View of theshaft for the propeller-wheel, and Fig. 8 is aface view of the inner end of one of the propeller-wheel wings.

The improved vehicle is provided Witha front axle A, carrying the front wheels B, and a rear axle A, carrying the rear wheels B. A tongue or pole O is connected with the front axle A for drawing the vehicle over the ground, say in the form of a wagon, as illustrated in Figs. 2 and 3. On the front axle A is held a bolster D by means of a removable king-bolt E, and the ends of said bolster are fastened by bolts D to the runners F of the sleigh, said runners extending to the rear of the axle A to be fastened thereto by bolts F. From the runners F of the sleigh extend upwardly the front and rear posts F F of which the front posts are connected with each other by a cross-beam F and the rear posts F are connected with each other by a cross-beam F On the cross-beamsF F is adapted to rest the vehicle-body in the form of a boat G, preferably having a flat bottom and formed with a bow-section G, a middle section G anda stern-section G the sections being fastened together at their adjacent ends by suitable bolts G and each section in the form of a box, as is plainly indicated in Fig. 5.

The forward or bow section G of the boat is fastened in place'by set-screws F carried in the posts F and similar screws F screwing in the posts F engage the outside of the stern-section G to prevent the boat from slipping in a longitudinal direction on the cross-beams F and F The bow-section G is also adapted to rest with its forward end on a cross-beam F connecting the upwardlyturned ends of the runners F with each other. By the arrangement described it is evident that by loosening the set-screws F the boat G may be readily lifted off its support, to be then launched in the water for traveling on a waterway to the desired place, the runners F and the front and rear axles being supported within the boat.

When it is desired to use the vehicle as a sleigh, the bolster D is removed from the runners F by removing the bolts D, and the front axle with its wheels B and tongue 0 can then be stored in the boat G, which forms the bed for the sleigh. The rear axle, with its wheels B, is removed from the runners F by loosening the bolts F, and the rear axle is also stored in the boat. The vehicle is now in the form of a sleigh and can be readily pushed or pulled over frozen ground, snow, or ice.

In order to propel the boat in a river or other waterway, I prefer to employ a propeller-wheel H, having a shaft H,- provided with journals H mounted to turn in suitable bear- .ings in a frame I, bolted or otherwise remov ably secured to the rear end of the stern-section G as is plainly illustrated in Figsi A and 5. The shaft H is provided with apertures H H standing at a right angle to one another, as is plainly indicated in Fig. '7, each aperture being adapted to receive from op posite sides the reduced shoulders H of the pI'OpBHQY-WiDgS II so that the shoulder H of one wing extends upon the other wing, and both are then fastened by a bolt H as will be readily seen in Figs. 5 and 6. By removing the bolt 11 the wings can be readily drawn out of the shaft to permit of storing the propeller-wheel in a comparatively small space in the boat when it is desired to propel the boat by the wheels.

On one 'end of the shaft H is secured a sprocket wheel J, over which passes a sprocket-chain J ,also passing overa sprocketwheel J secured on ashaft J journaled in the upper portion of the frame A. A second sprocket-wheel J (see Fig. 5) is secured on the said shaft J and over this sprocket-wheel passes a sprocket-chain J also passing over a sprocket-wheel J attached to a shaft K, journaled in suitable bearings I, secured to the stern-section G3 of the boat. On the shaft K is secured a crank-arm K, adapted to be turned by the operator in the stern-section of the boat, so that the rotary motion thus given to the shaft K is transmitted by at one end.

In case the boat is to travel in compara- [tively deep water centerboards L are employed, inserted in centerboard-chambers G formed longitudinally in the bow and stern sections G and G as is plainly shown in Figs. 4 and 5. The upper ends of the centerboards L are provided with flanges L, which rest on the top of the chambers G the lower ends of the centerboards extending a suitable distance below the bottom of the boat. It is understood that the chambers G are in longitudinal alinement with each other at the center line of the boat. When the centerboards are not used, the upper ends of the chambers G are closed by suitable hinged covers G. (Indicated in Fig. 3.) The centerboards when not used as such may be employed for covering over the boat.

Now it will be seen that by the arrangement described the vehicle can be readily transformed into a wagon, sleigh, or boat, so as to enable a person to readily travel over the ground or over snow and ice or over a waterway and at the same time be able to carry complete luggage, &c. 7

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent-'- 1. A vehicle, comprising a wagon, a sleigh and a boat, the latter being arranged to form the body for the sleigh and the wagon, substantially as shown and described.

2. A vehicle, comprising a wagon, a sleigh and a boat, the latter being arranged to form the body for the sleigh or the wagon, said sleigh having its runners forming the connection between the front and rear axles of the Wagon, substantially as shown and described.

3. A vehicle, comprising a front and a rear axle, a bolster connected by a kin g-bolt with the front axle, sleigh-runners secured to the said bolster and rear axle, and a boat removably carried by said runners, substantially as shown and described.

4. A vehicle, comprising a front and a rear axle, a bolster connected by a king-bolt with the front axle, sleigh-runners secured to the said bolster and rear axle, a boat removably carried by said runners, and a pair of posts on the said runners, the posts of each pair being connected with each other by a crossbeam to form supports for the saidboat, substantially as shown and described. 5. A vehicle'provided with a sectional boat, a propeller-wheel made in knockdown sections, a frame adapted to be secured to the rear end of the boat and in which said wheel is journaled, and a hand-actuated driving mechanism for the said wheel, substantially as shown and described.

CHARLES BALTRUWEIT. Witnesses:

THEO. G. HOSTER, JNo. M. BITTER. 

